The Last Nail The last nail is being driven into the coffin of the
American Republic. Yet, Congress remains in total denial as our
liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled
by unwarranted fear and ignorance as to the true meaning of liberty. It
is driven by economic myths, fallacies and irrational good intentions.
The rule of law is constantly rejected and authoritarian answers are
offered as panaceas for all our problems. Runaway welfarism is used to
benefit the rich at the expense of the middle class. Who would have
ever thought that the current generation and Congress would stand idly
by and watch such a rapid disintegration of the American Republic?
Characteristic of this epic event is the casual acceptance by the
people and political leaders of the unitary presidency, which is
equivalent to granting dictatorial powers to the President. Our
Presidents can now, on their own:
1. Order assassinations, including American citizens,
2. Operate secret military tribunals,
3. Engage in torture,
4. Enforce indefinite imprisonment without due process,
5. Order searches and seizures without proper warrants, gutting the 4th Amendment,
6.
Ignore the 60 day rule for reporting to the Congress the nature of any
military operations as required by the War Power Resolution,
7. Continue the Patriot Act abuses without oversight,
8. Wage war at will,
9. Treat all Americans as suspected terrorists at airports with TSA groping and nude x-raying.
And
the Federal Reserve accommodates by counterfeiting the funds needed and
not paid for by taxation and borrowing, permitting runaway spending,
endless debt, and special interest bail-outs.
And all of this is not
enough. The abuses and usurpations of the war power are soon to be
codified in the National Defense Authorization Act now rapidly moving
its way through the Congress. Instead of repealing the 2001
Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), as we should, now
that bin Laden is dead and gone, Congress is planning to massively
increase the war power of the President. Though an opportunity presents
itself to end the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Congress,
with bipartisan support, obsesses on how to expand the unconstitutional
war power the President already holds. The current proposal would allow
a President to pursue war any time, any place, for any reason, without
Congressional approval. Many believe this would even permit military
activity against American suspects here at home. The proposed authority
does not reference the 9/11 attacks. It would be expanded to include
the Taliban and "associated" forces—a dangerously vague and expansive
definition of our potential enemies. There is no denial that the
changes in s.1034 totally eliminate the hard-fought-for restraint on
Presidential authority to go to war without Congressional approval
achieved at the Constitutional Convention. Congress' war authority has
been severely undermined since World War II beginning with the advent
of the Korean War which was fought solely under a UN Resolution. Even
today, we're waging war in Libya without even consulting with the
Congress, similar to how we went to war in Bosnia in the 1990s under
President Clinton. The three major reasons for our Constitutional
Convention were to:
1. Guarantee free trade and travel among the states.
2. Make gold and silver legal tender and abolish paper money.
3. Strictly limit the Executive Branch's authority to pursue war without Congressional approval.
But today:
1. Federal Reserve notes are legal tender, gold and silver are illegal.
2. The Interstate Commerce Clause is used to regulate all commerce at the expense of free trade among the states.
3.
And now the final nail is placed in the coffin of Congressional
responsibility for the war power, delivering this power completely to
the President—a sharp and huge blow to the concept of our Republic.
In my view, it appears that the fate of the American Republic is now sealed—unless these recent trends are quickly reversed.
The
saddest part of this tragedy is that all these horrible changes are
being done in the name of patriotism and protecting freedom. They are
justified by good intentions while believing the sacrifice of liberty
is required for our safety. Nothing could be further from the truth.
More
sadly is the conviction that our enemies are driven to attack us for
our freedoms and prosperity, and not because of our deeply flawed
foreign policy that has generated justifiable grievances and has
inspired the radical violence against us. Without this understanding
our endless, unnamed, and undeclared wars will continue and our
wonderful experience with liberty will end.

There will be no correction by US lawmakers and the Republic started it's death a very long time ago indeed ... it is now dead. Welcome the New American Fascist state where it is kill or be killed. Good luck to you all.